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.- , , AIK- . EZZEL I, Iroprietor.
i ':~ER:R.S. : :. I : TEXASEVENTS OF EVERYWHERE'
"s .' Tranquility prevails in San Doaingo.
The transport Burnside has arrived
at Havana.Horatio Nelson Slater died at Magnolia,
Mass.
The bubonic plague has appeared at
New Chwang.
Price Morris, injured in a fight at
Ardmore, I. T., died.
The Dawes commission is hard at
work enrolling Indians.
The steamer St. Paul has taken 210,000
ounces of silver to Europe.
Two hundred persons were poisoned
by lemonade at a picnic in Oxford, Ills.
It is stated that a Jiminez expedition
has been organized at Baracoa,
Cuba.A number of Argentine congressmen
were given a warm welcome at Rio de
Janeiro.
The war department has arranged to
send two more shiploads of supplies
to Porto Rico.
Gov. Roosevelt of New York says
he favors Hobert's nomination for
vice president.
Miss Lillian Clayton Jewett says she
expects to conduct a campaign in the
South against lynching.
Jefferson and St. Lawrence counties,
New York, have been swept by forest
fires, and great damage done.
"Skeet" Martin, the American
jockey, won the Oxnard plate of 600
sovereigns at Bayfield, England.
The transport Senator sailed from
San Francisco for Manila, with 700
officers and recruits and a signal corps.
Mrs. Minnie Corley, wife of J. D.
Corley, a railroad grader from Joplin,
Mo., was killed by a train at Crow, Ok.
Gov. Johnston of the Chickasaw nation
was in Durant, L T., looking after
the rolls in the interest of his nation.
The first bale of cotton received this
season at Ardmore, I. T., brought 9%
cents, to which was added a premium
t $30.
( t The strike of the employes of the
American Smelting and Refining company's
plant in Colorado has been declared
off.
Reports from Southwest Russia say
the drouth in that portion of the
country has proved disastrous to the
wheat crop, almost totally ruining it.
George C. Starck and his son, Omar
0. Starck, have been arrested at St.
Louis on the charge of making and
disposing of brandy without paying
the revenue tax.
At New Lewisville, Ark., about
ithirty-five miles north of -exarkana,
en the Cotton Belt road, tnere was a
terrible shooting scrape, which resulted
in Berry Patton being mortally
wounded.
*Gov. Chandler of Georgia has named
Hon. A. D. Freeman to the vacancy
on the board of directors of the Geor4gia
Normal and Industrial college
caused by the death of the late Gov.
Atkinson.
As the passenger train on the Iron
Mountain road was entering Texarkana,
Ark., from the north, some van,dals,
hid behind bushes near m-.e track,
threw a volley of bricks into the windows
of the coaches, totally demolishing
all of the glasses on that side of
the train, and breaking the nose of one
passenger.
At Reading, Pa., Solomon Quinter, a
-former railroad employe, shot and instantly
killed his wife and her paramour,
Ed W. Kitziniller. Quinter
surrendered .to the authorities immediately.A United States geological surveying-
-party is at work near Rush
Springs, L T.' establishing the ninetyeighth
meridian line.
The bodies of two dead men were
discovered on a hillside in the northern
part of Hot Springs, Ark. One
has been identified as that of Jim
-Mitchell, a colored coachman, who
died from a pistol wound in the brain.
The other, lying near, was an un'known
white man. The cause of the
'two deaths is a deep mystery.
The returns are all in, and a canvass
of the vote cast at the Cherokee
national election gives the following
result: Majorities for Buffington:
Cooweescoowee 507, Delaware 137, Secoyah
109, Tahlequah 77, Canadian 1;
total 830. Goon: Fline 209, Goingsnake
140, Saline 108, Illinois 38; total
4A". Bufngton's majority 355,He Was Selected for Governor of
the State of Mississippi.IT WAS DONE BY ACCLAMATION.
Other Candidates Were Withdrawn-Wm.
Bryan Was Endorsed for President
of the United States.J.
Jackson, Miss., Aug. 24.-Hon. A. H.
Longino of Washington county was
yesterday nominated for governor of
Mississippi by the Democratic state
convention without opposition. No
other man was presented to the convention
and Mr. Longino's nomination
was declared by acclamation.
The convention met at noon in the
chapel of the deaf and dumb institute.
The convention was called to order by
Chairman Miller of the state Democratic
executive committee. On motion
of J. C. Hardy of Newton county the
name of J. F. McCool was placed in
nomination for temporary chairman of
the convention. The nomination of
McCool was seconded by A. A. Armistead
of Attalia and McCool was nominated
without opposition. T. P. Smith
of Washington was made temporary
secretary. The temporary organization
was then made permanent and the
convention proceeded to the business
of the hour. After the appointment
of the usual committees and representatives
of the same at 2 o'clock
Mr. Longino was placed In nomination
for governor .
The names of Critz, Vardaman and
Powell were respectively withdrawn
Longino was then nominaTed by acclamation.
After the nomination an adjournment
was had for dinner.
When the convention met again at
3 o'clock yesterday afternoon there was
a stormy time for a few minutes over
the adoption of the report of the platform
committee. The committee on
platform had been appointed -during
the forenoon session with Col. H. L.
Muldrow as chairman. When the convention
reconvened Col. Muldrow presented
the report of the ,committee
which was in substance a strong indorsement
of Bryan for president and
an endorsement of McLaurin's administration
as governor of the state
in the most fulsome terms.
When the resoluttons were read Mr.
Percy of Washington toon the floor
and opposed the passage .of the resolutions
reported by the committee and
introduced as a substitute a set of resolutions
which were in effect and arraignment
of the administration of McLaurin
from end to end. There was
great confusion in the hall and much
cheering from both sides, and when order
was restored the resolutions reported
by the committee indorsing the
governor were adopted by a viva voce
vote.
When the convention met at 9 -o'clock
last night it took up the nomination of
a secretary of state and other offices
on which there was no opposition. J.
L. Power was nominated for secretary
of state. -E. W. Brown for supreme
court clerk, H. L. Whitfield for superintendent
of public education and A.
O0 May for railroad commissioner
from the second or southern district.
Mr. May's nomination was made iby
acclamation as commissioner. M. M.
Evans had withdrawn before the vote
was taken. All the other candidates
above named were also nominated by
acclamation, they having no opposition.
The convention then adjourned
until 9 o'clock this morning.
Many Vessels Wrecked.
Chicago, Ill., Aug. 24.-A special
from Norfolk, Va., says:
Further details of the- terrific storm
that raged in the vicinity of Cape Hatteras
have been received. In addition
to the vessels already reported wrecked
are the following: Schooner Aaron
Rephard, five lost, three saved; bark
unknown, crew of fourteen, all lost;
Diamond Shoals, light ship, crew of
twenty-three, all saved; unknown
steamship, whose cargo was washed
ashore, crew of about twenty-one, all
lost. Three big schooners in the surf
now breaking up, crews aggregating
thirty, unheard of. The Diamond
Shoals lightship was located three
miles off Hatteras and has withstood
fierce storms. It was torn from its
moorings by the ninety-knot hurri-,
cane and blown high and dry at Hatteras.
The schooner Frank McCullough,
eleven me-n with coal from Norfolk
to Savannah, is unheard of, and
probably went to the bottom with all
Wu board. , *diplomatic Achazi+ ; . Gn'. Otis has
applied the 'Cine lsin laws to
the Philippines. o'niformation was
a surprise to the.-autbities here, both
state and military,' ;the: matter has
been under consideraton for some
time, and it was not known that Gen.
Otis had put the exclusion laws into
force. The first intimation in that
direction came in a dispatch a few days
ago from the Chinese consul at Manila,
telling the Chinese minister here that
the exclusion laws against the Chinese.
had been applied to the Philippines.
The dispatch was brought to the attention
of the state department and inquiry
made as to how the action was
brought about, as the Chinese government
has been solicitous since American
military control was established
in the Philippines that the United
States exclusion laws-should not be extended
over the islands.
The state department knew nothing
of such an extension, and made inquiry
of the war department. The military
authorities, however, were equally
without information as to Gen. Otis'
course in this particular. ' Accordingly
the Chinese officials were advised
that any action taken by Gen. Otis in
applying the Chinese exclusion laws to
the Philippines was not the result of
instructions sent from here, but was
doubtless due to an exercise of his authority
as governor general of the
Philippines.
What further step the Chinese authorities
will take has not been determined,
as Minister Wu Ting Fang
is out of the city for a few days.
There is little doubt, however, that
he will seek to have Gen. Otis' order
held in abeyance until the authorities
here pass upon the general question,
which has been under consideration
between the two governments.- In this
connection the state department has
received an important letter from Mr.
Williams, our former consul at Manila,
who still remains there in a confidential
capacity. He says the native
Filipinos are strongly opposed to
Chinese labor, and in his opinion the
exclusion of the Chinese from the
island would aid materially in bringing
the war to a close.
He places the Chinese population at
52;000, which is considerably more than
other estimates fromm official sources.
The letter is dated July 26, and brings
the situation up to a recent date. It
has been turned over to the war department,
to be used in the general
consideration of the exclusion question.
The Chinese government has shown
more anxiety as to the course of tius
government toward the Chinese in the
Philippines than toward those in Cuba
or other parts of the world, mainly because
the Philippines are so near
China, and large numbers of Chinese
are already established there.
Five Men Dead.
Santiago de Cuba, Aug. 24.-Five
men are dead and ten wounded as bae
result of a fight betwen gendarmes and
disappointed Cuban soldiers at Cuevitas,
three miles west from Santiago,
where the payment of the Cubans is
progressing. Five thousand Cubans
had gathered there to receive pay, and
after three days only 580 had been
paid. Thousands who had been disappointed
at other points had come to
Cuevitas, as the last place of payment
in the province.
Howard Little was killed by a train
near Cameron.
William Smith killed himself at
White Beat, I. T.
Storm in Georgia.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 24.-A special
from Athens, Ga., says:
The worst storm ever known here
passed over this city Tuesday night.
Mary Echols, a negro, was .killed by
lighting, and ,$1O,000 damage done
property. On lower ]koad street thewater was nearly two feet. deep and the
basements of many business houses
were flooded.
Accompanying the rain was a large
amount of hail. This fell with great
force, smashing window panes and
skylights alta number of places.
In the districts of Clarke county adjoining
Athens on the south and east
tne crops were seriously damaged. In
many places there was not a boll of
cotton feft on the stalks. Corn was
blown down and fodder was ruined.
'Several bridges in the lower part of
the county were washed away.
Clarence P. White of Temple has
been appointed clerk to State Purchasing
Agent AdamnaPFom Kinnaboat to Hatteras, N. C.,
Many Vessels Weirt Ashore.THIRTY PEOPLE WERE DROWNED.
The Beach is Strewn With Spars, Masts and
Other Wreckage-Much Property
Was Destroyed.Norfolk, Va., Aug. 23.-Thirty-five
shipwrecked seamen, who had nothing
in the world but a few tattered and
torn clothes on their backs, some injured
and all miserable, arrived here
yesterday from Hatteras, N. C. From
them it was learned that the recent
hurricane which sent so many people
to death and destroyed vast estates in
Porto Rico, added another chapter to
its horrors in a little stretch of beach
from Kinnaboat to Hatteras, N. C.
Thirty people are known to have lost
their lives in this district, which is
only eighteen miles long, and the beach
is strewn with spars, masts and other
wreckage. The sailors say eleven vessels
are ashore on the coast between
Hatteras and New River inlet. No
such damageing results has attended
the storm in the past quarter of a century.
Waves ran mounutain high and
the wind howled unceasingly several
days and nights at a seventy-five mile
velocity. That no more lives were lost
inthe vicinity of Hatteras is considered
by the survivors nothing less than a
miracle.
Among those who arrived yesterday
were ten 'of the crew of the barkentine
Precilla. Capt. Benjamin R.
Springstein, of Baltimore. The Priscilla
lies broken in three pieces on Gull
shoals, eighteen miles north of Cape
Hatteras. There were four fatalities
shortly after the Priscilla went ashore,
the captain's wife being washed overboard
and drowned within ten minutes
from the time the bark struck. The,
others who lost their lives were the
captain's two sons, aged 24 and 12
years, a Mr. oGldenborough, connected
with the Lee family, and a relative of
one of the vessel's owners, C. Morton,
and company. T'he older of the Springstein
boys was first mate of the Priscilla.
He and the Goldenborough lad
were washed overboard. His brother
was drowned in the cabin.
Alex Von Restorff, one of the crew,
was caught in the cabin; and while
holding on to a window to prevent being
drowned, a heavy sea, came, which
resulted in breaking off his arm. Seeing
that death was certain if he remained
longer in the cabin, Von Restorff
leaped through the cabin window
and landed on deck. Springstein escaped
from the wreck with the remainder
of the crew, but he is still at Hatteras,
suffering from a wound in his
chest three inches in deptht. The captain
is 54 years of age. The Priscilla
left Baltimore for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
on Saturday, the 12th instant, with
a general cargo. She passed out the
capes on Monday, the 14th, and it was
9 p. m. when she struck. All were
more or less injured.
Since the building of the Rock Island
extension west from. Chickasa
through the Kiowa and Comanche
reservations prospectors have been attracted
to that section and are encroaching
upon the Indian lands. Several
attempts have been made to locate
town sites and many men have
settled on the neutral strip along the
Washita river.
To Prevent a Lynching.
Litne Rock, Ark., Aug. 23.-Over forty
negroes are in the Pulaski county
4jail] as' the result of a concerted effort
on the part of the authorities to run
down the men who a few days ago
committed-.asaultson .ive white women
in this city. Ed. Wright.was positively
identitie''yterday by Mrs. Kennedy
as her assailant and was held to the
grand jury without bail. Every precaution
has been taken to prevent a
lynching. A large mass meeting of negroes
was held last night. The meeting
was called by leading negroes, who
are endeavoring to help rundown and
punish the guilty parties. They are
opposed to lynching, but are anxious.
to see the guilty ones:legally punished.
The wholesale arrests have aroused
much excitement among another class
)f negroes. Dealers say their sales
Yesterday of arms and ammunition
iiave been unprecedented, the majority
of the sales being made to negroes.
The city of Waxahachie is extenAing
to swe"rags system.*23.-The FllpinB9rebel 'Ai. A
*tain kmuch morae f- 'a
than might be expeatedtl
cent San Fernando e'txp ierncesRI',
Gen. Lawton's drubbing: in the iouth.
After giving up San Fernianoit <
feeble struggle they hltrenched t'b'-j
selves at Angeles, working for seet"s
days and impressing non-combatat t)
into the work, thus' saving the arm.e?
men for the fighting. They engaged
Lieut. Col. Smith's regiment and tthes
artillery warmly for four hours, maintaininS
one of the most stubborn rew
sistances of the campaign. But the"
Amnericans are indebted to the usuaL,
poor markmahship of the Filipinos, as.
well as to their own strategy, for theirsmall
losses.
In the province of Cavite, where it;was
supposed the rebels had been seat-'
tered and demoralized beyond recuper--
ation,, they have assembled :14n armyof
several thousand men, distributed.'
among the important towns, from the~
lake to the bay. -
After the San Fernando engagement,
the rebels attempted to deter the
Americans from a further -advance
northward by menacing the railroad
communication. Several hundred of
Gen. Pio del Pilar's men crossed the
Rio Grande beyond the American outposts
and threatened Baliuag, Quinga.
and other places with small American.
garrisons, while during Sunday and.
Monday nights small bands tried to,
tear up the railroad tracks at several,
points between Bigan and Malolos.
Reinforcements of American troops,
however, were sent along the railroad
from Manila to San Fernando, whilethe
garrisons at Baliuag and. Quinga
sallied out against Gen. Pio del Pilar's.
men, and the rebels were driven away.
In the brushes between these Filipinos
and the Americans during three
days, the Americans lost several men,
while the Filipinos' loss was heavy,
Of these operations correspondents
were permitted to send only an inadequate
dispatch, dictated verbatim
by Maj. Gen. Otis. The censor writes
stereotyped official phrases and adjectives
into the dispatches, tending to
magnify the American operations and
minimize the opposition.
Gen. Otis says newspapers are not
public institutions, but private enterprises,
and the correspondents are only.
here on sufferance.
All reports from the rebel territory
agree that the scarcity of food is Increasing,
and that the- rebel commanders
at Aparri and other points
refuse to obey Aguinaldo in regard to
,closing the ports held by rebels against
American'ships, and say that any ship
bringing stores will be welcomed.
Several ships from Manila are now at
such ports.Jiminez at Manzanillo.
Havana, Aug. 23.-Gen. Juan Isidro
Jiminez arrived at Manzanillo yesterday
morning on board the Polaria.
On learning that he had missed connections
with Santiago de Cuba, and
that the Polaria was not going there,
he decided to wait for the next steamer
and telegraphed his son here to bring
the family by Thursday's boat from
Batabano, reaching Manzanillo Saturday
night and Santiago de Cuba Monday
morning. He is still greatly annoyed
over what he calls his unwarranted
arrest at Cienfuegos.
As John Valiance 'was' hauling a
load of logs to a sawmill at Sacred.
Heart, near Guthrie, 0. T., the other
day the logs rolled off upon him,
crushing him upon one of the wheels
and cutting his body almost in twaih..
Ben Banham was seriously injured:
by falling from a building at Cleburne.Depot
Battalions.
Washington, Aug. 23.-The order forbringing
to the United States five battalions
of soldiers serving in Cuba,
published at the war department yea--
terday establishes depot battalions, a.
system that has not been known: in
the United State armyy heretpoore. :he-' i
order also provides that troops, batteries
and companies will hereafter 6e'{
formed into battalions in alphabetical!
order, except that the light and sieg
batteries, being mounted, will not de
placed in any battalion. The troops
ordered from Cuba are known as depot
battalions and are to be stationed/ as
follows: Battalion of the first infantry :'
at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.; second infantry
at Fort Thomas, Ky.; fif, in- ::
fantry at Fort Sheridan'n'I1; Jlgghth':'-:
infantry at Fort Snelling, )inn.' :
tenth infantry at Fort Crook1, Miua.i: : - 'While
there are known as depo/ batal- ' i
ions those remaining in Cubatwi-ll -b
known as active battalions. /
Several cases of yellow f er hav*.. ^
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Ezzell, Frank. The Ferris Wheel, Volume 6, Number 50, Saturday, August 26, 1899, newspaper, August 26, 1899; Ferris, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth46755/m1/2/: accessed May 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ferris Public Library.